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Following further investigations into the exposed data belonging to Swedish Healthcare provider, MediCall, Outpost24 can confirm that many more organisations in Sweden are impacted by the unsecured servers

A new Bitcoin scam has surfaced and appears to be delivered mostly via email by exploiting weaknesses in Hotmail or Live mail accounts. Victims receive a legitimate-looking email that will usually mimic an email they are expecting to receive, making the scam seem even more real. A link in the email redirects the victim either to an extremely genuine looking BBC news webpage or simply to a page asking for a password.

As organisations continue to carry out digital transformation, cloud computing is on the increase, enabling those that adopt the technology to be on the frontline of innovation. The positives of utilising cloud infrastructures are well documented but a characteristic that often gets overlooked, much to the detriment of organisations, is security.

Following the news that that high-end retailer Nordstrom is in the process of notifying its employees their data may have been compromised in a breach, please see below comments from Martin Jartelius, CSO of Outpost24.

Cloud computing is increasingly growing in popularity among businesses looking to improve operational efficiencies and cut down on technology resources. According to a recent report from IDC, total spending on cloud IT infrastructure in 2018 is forecasted to be $62.2 billion with year-over-year growth of 31.1 percent. These figures highlight that while cloud computing was once only adopted by a small number of organisations, it is now becoming the norm for businesses across the world.